A child friendly Leeds means children and young people can express their views, feel heard and are actively involved in decisions affecting their lives. The Temple Newsam Learning Partnership Trust School Council is one of the groups giving children and young people voice and influence in the city. In today’s blog we take a look…
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Nominations for the child friendly Leeds awards 2015 are now open! So if you know a great place in Leeds for children and young people, or someone who’s making a big difference to children’s lives, then pop over to our nominations page and make a nomination! This year the awards will once again be organised…
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A child friendly Leeds means making Leeds a place where children and young people, and their families are able to get out and get active! After the excitement of the Grand Départ, more people in Leeds are keen to get out on their bicycles and Sky Rides are a great way for families to do…
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Lots of young people in Leeds are currently getting their exam results, and to acknowledge their hard work and effort child friendly Leeds has brought together lots of celebrities from music and sport to say a big well done to them all! After they get their results many young people have to make big decisions…
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The fun and sunshine of the summer holidays presents children and young people with plenty of opportunities to get out and explore the places and spaces in Leeds. This year the summer holidays are no exception, with Leeds Museums and Galleries coming together to ask who the children and young people of Leeds will become…
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On Saturday the 19th of July students from the Centre for Advanced Training, Yorkshire Young Dancers (YYD) based at Northern School of Contemporary Dance jumped into action at Trinity Leeds shopping centre as part of Breeze Arts Festival. The flash mob was choreographed by Sean Selby and helped to promote both the arts Festival…
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Keeping children engaged in learning can be difficult, especially over the summer holidays. The Mythical Maze summer reading challenge is a fun way to improve your child’s literacy whilst getting them involved in some fantastic activities and stories! Mythical Maze is a national campaign organised by the Reading Agency, with the involvement of the Leeds…
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The Breeze Arts Festival is an arts festival for young people aged 11-19, taking place between 19-27 July across Leeds. This year we have been working with a steering group of young people to organise the festival. These nine young people have been meeting with us weekly from January to July to help to plan…
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Jayden Yeardley, one of our young reporters went along to one of our child friendly Leeds ambassador events, read what he had to say about it… On Monday 31March I attended the Leeds ambassadors meeting. It was at the First Direct Arena in Leeds city centre. We went to interview some of the ambassadors for…
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After spending weeks preparing, our plan to ride the first stage of Le Tour finally took place on the 26th of June. We couldn’t have chosen a better day for riding, with the weather dry but not too hot. The four relay riders set off from Tech North at 7am- with a rider on the road…
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With Le Tour’s Grand Départ just four days away, Temple Newsam welcomed school pupils from across Leeds for the Leeds School Cycle Challenge. The Challenge was designed to encourage children to cycle and to give the pupils, from 50 primary schools and five Special Inclusive Learning Centres (SILCs), a chance to meet Olympic gold…
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Celebrating the Tour de France coming to Leeds, the Tour de Roundhay set out to provide a fun and sociable afternoon for our local community. It certainly delivered this, drawing the praise of BBC Look North’s Amanda Harper who joined us to cut the ribbon for our Grand Départ. Ronnie the Rhino and the Garforth…
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